“Chourmo . . . the rowers in a galley. In Marseilles, you weren’t just from one neighborhood, one project. You were chourmo. In the same galley, rowing! Trying to get out. Together.” In this second installment of Izzo’s legendary Marseilles Trilogy (Total Chaos, Chourmo, Solea) Fabio Montale has left a police force riddled with corruption, racism and greed to follow the ancient rhythms of his native town: the sea, fishing, the local bar, hotly-contested games of belote. But his cousin’s son has gone missing and Montale is dragged back onto the mean streets of a violent, crime-infested Marseilles.

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